The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-16

Beck Notes.
BENJAMIN g. Parker . volunninous writer Of verse Il
the author Of 1.-THE Cabin In the Clearing and Other
Poems" &c. H. Kerr / Co, Chcagol HIS lines run
smoothly enough but his thoughts seldom rise above
the commonplace.
Of clifton England Catholic Publication Society," Il
compilation from their writings intended to illustrate
the Christian graceA It has been highly approved BY
Cardinal Manning.
"Aaoat In Great City" BY Frank A. Nunsey casssn
Coz recounts the strange adventures land and sea
Of kidnapped boy, whose sorrows have a. happy an
ending could DO dssirsd The Incidents OF the story
closely border the Sensational but the moral sound
We have received the "Publishers' Trade List An
nuAl for 1887 It contains aos7 pages and embraces
the latest catalogues Of American book publsherA
complete List Of books recorded in the Fsoshs Veal
from July. 1885. to June, 1881. and the American
Educational Catalogue for 1887.
Under tho title of :" Henry George vsrsus Henry
George" (Appletons Mr. O. Rutherford has produced
review Of that writer's Progress and Poverty" He
shows with considerable adroitness that Mr. George
himself his In many furnished tho material
for the refutaton Of his own charges and assertions
Not few of those who thirty years ago road Dr..
Mayos delishtful "Kaioolah" VIII be GLAD 10
that the Putnams have issued large new edition
Of It admirably illustrated by Fredsricks perusai Of
tho work will show hat has reason to fear compar
with stories OF s class written at the present day
The romantic epoch OF the "Forty.dvs" has supplied
Mr. Edward lrennus Stevenson with the materials for
his white Cockades" scribners exciting but
rathsrsad story, moving rapidly 70 IL completion and
Rivins vivid picture Of the troublsd times which suo
ceeded the defeat OF Prince Charles Kdward at Cuodsn
The characters truly representative OF the tisA
very beautiful edition OF Victor HuRo's "Mssrabies"
10 published In i've duodecimo volumes by Little Brown
Co.. In Boston, It Is In the MAN. reprint Of the Eng
lsh trsnslaton Of Sir Lascess wraxa except that
rious chapters and passages that omitted In his
h>sv. hAAv
corrected This Il only convenient edition Of this
popular story. but It Is of the most elegant
Cassen ! Co. publish serial work entitled "Ths
Worlds Workers." which chronicles the lives Of bsnevo
lent mon and women. We have received two volumes
entitled The Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury"
by Henry Firth. and "sarah Robinson Agnes Weston.
and Mrs Meredith" by B. N. Tomkinson. The biography
Of Lord shafesbury does ample Justice to the good quail
ties Of that earnest II rather narrow philanthropst
Tho second volume records the work Of three English
among tho boor tho depruved and the heather.
THE Elements Of Political ECONOMY" by J. Lau.
renee Laughn Appletonsl Ii little book pleasantly
written and containing much useful information. but
altogether too loosely and carelessy constructed DO
valuable As text book. The author evidently has
imperfect idea of tho meaning Of words For instance
he defines material wealth some transferable thing
for the enjoyment OF which willing to undergo
sacrifice" Here, by transferable" no means Tex
changeable" and by "crihce he means the irving Of
valuo In exchange. lover may be willing to sacrince
the enjoyment OF whskey tobacco for the ransfer
Of flower his mistress hair but that would
make flower material wealth So. again he speaks
of the labor expended in diving for pearls saer
nce" This sort Of nAocuracy through the work,
and said destroys its value for the purpose for
which It Is intended, although essay none the
less interesting to the general reader.
English History from Contemporary writen" ID the
title bestowed upon series Of brief manuals Englsh
history. projected by the PutnamA and Of which two
parts Edward III and His Wars" edited By W. j. Ash